Brandon Williams Grabs Pole Starting Position for 26th Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega Short Track

Eastaboga, AL - Crossville, Tennessee's Brandon Williams overtook overall fast-qualifier John Ownbey in Heat Race #1 to take the checkered flag and put himself and his B&R Kustoms CVR Race Car on the pole for Sunday's 26th Annual Ice Bowl Feature at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Alabama. The first race of the 2017 RockAuto.com Winter Shootout will take place on Sunday afternoon at the "Hornet's Nest" where the NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series is a part of the 340+ cars that have entered the pit area.

Five(5) Heat Races were set following Qualifying Time Trials during which Ownbey put his #A19 Austin Trucking sponsored machine atop the speed chart with a fast lap of 14.222 seconds. That would make his group the fastest overall, and would allow him to race for the pole position in Heat Race #1. Ownbey led 9 of the 10 laps before Williams was able to muscle by and take the win. The top 2 finishers from each Heat Race were locked into Sunday's Ice Bowl Feature making up the first 5 rows. All others finishers will now move into Sunday's 4 B-Main Races in which the top 3 finishers will transfer to the Ice Bowl feature.

Sunday's gates open at 9 A.M. with Driver's Meeting scheduled for 10:30 A.M. Invocation and National Anthem will take place at 11:30 AM with racing action to follow.

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Group 1 Qualifying Results

Car #

Driver Name

Lap Time

1

Andy Picklesimer

15.062

15

Jason Britton

15.199

F97

Red Farmer

15.290

98

Eric Hickerson

15.321

45

Austin Freeman

15.346

T25

Tate Nichelson

15.430

97

Kevin Sitton

15.493

64

Braden Mitchell

15.640

.

Group 2 Qualifying Results

Car #

Driver Name

Lap Time

71

Pierce McCarter

14.769

17

Adam Gauldin

14.869

5

Rodney Weaver

14.872

99

Matt Black

15.002

67

Kyle Clifton

15.342

02

Tyler Turvin

15.830

13v

Kaleb Vandygriff

20.694

Group 3 Qualifying Results

Car #

Driver Name

Lap Time

R01

Riley Hickman

14.513

56jr

Colton Horner

14.575

23

Ahnna Parkhurst

14.633

5

Mike Combs

14.656

32

Bobby Mills

14.776

4

Michael Arnold

14.833

4

Brad York

14.980

C66

Donald Johns

15.018

113

Phillip "Flip" Cardin

15.313

57

Troy Dixon

15.855

Group 4 Qualifying Results

Car #

Driver Name

Lap Time

11

Cruz Skinner

14.399

32

Lamar Scoggins

14.547

J39

Jimmy Elliott

14.626

21

Cale Conley

14.896

Z21

Zach Graham

14.961

1

George Wilson

15.349

40

David Culver

15.447

17J

Jade Jones

NT

Group 5 Qualifying Results

Car #

Driver Name

Lap Time

A19

John Ownbey

14.222

95

Brandon Williams

14.256

Z1

Zach Shannon

14.342

5

Ronnie Johnson

14.421

23jr

Steven Forsyth

14.504

71

Dustin Knighten

14.670

42

Steve Kirk

14.709

33

Sid Scarbrough

14.880

 

 

Heat Race Finishes(Top 2 Transfer to Feature):

Heat Race 1 - 1. Williams, 2. Ownbey, 3. Shannon, 4. Johnson, 5. Forsythe, 6. Kirk, Scarbrough, 7. Knighten

Heat Race 2 - 1. Elliott, 2. Skinner, 3. Conley, 4. Graham, 5. Wilson, 6. Culver, 7. Scoggins

Heat Race 3 - 1. Hickman, 2. Horner, 3. Arnold, 4. Johns, 5. Dixon, 6. Combs, 7. Parkhurst, 8. Cardin, 9. Mills, 10. York

Heat Race 4 - 1. McCarter, 2. Black, 3. Gauldin, 4. Weaver, 5. Clifton, 6. Vandygriff, 7. Turvin

Heat Race 5 - 1. Helms, 2. Picklesimer, 3. Hickerson, 4. Farmer, 5. Britton, 6. Sitton, 7. Nichelson, 8. Freeman

NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is the Official Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.
Chevrolet Performance is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.
Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire of the NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series.
Sunoco Race Fuels is the Official Race Fuel of the Series.
Cruise with the Champions is the Official Vacation and Rookie of the Year Sponsor for the Series.
RockAuto.com is an Associate Sponsor of the Series and Official Sponsor of the RockAuto.com Winter Shootout Series.
David Smith Carburetors is the Official Carburetor of NeSmith Racing.

Contingency Sponsors Include: Out-Pace Performance, Crate Insider.com, AR Bodies, FreeStyle Graphix, and Knowles Racing Parts and Bodies.

2017 Chassis Sponsors are Trak-Star Race Cars, Warrior Race Cars, Rocket Chassis, GRT Race Cars, and CVR Race Cars.